The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has announced that it may deny thousands of medical marijuana applications over questions about whether physician assistants did exams — a policy CDPHE’s Dr. Chris Urbina reiterated in a recent interview. But MMJ lawyer Rob Corry calls the action improper and argues…
A few weeks back, we asked our fine Mile Highs and Lows readers to submit pictures of the most ghettofied smoking devices they own. The winner (or loser, depending on how you look at it), gets a shiny, new Silver Surfer Vaporizer. We didn’t just want the typical apple pipes,…
The Healing Center advertises the dispensary as having “THE BEST OG in DA MIDWEST.” That might be true based on the herb I saw. Nothing was really awful. But Colorado isn’t in the Midwest last I checked, and it takes a lot to lay claim to the best OGs in…
Westword cover boy Corey Donahue has been in the news of late due to his affiliation with Occupy Denver. But before the movement got underway, he was best known as a pot activist who, this summer, was accused by the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division of stealing documents without paying for…
By mid-January, as many as 4,200 potential medical marijuana patients will be told they are as much to blame for a “fraudulent” MMJ application as the doctor who signed off on a physician assistant’s evaluation of that patient. The punishment? Waiting six months before they can apply again for the…
According to this report, CBS4 has information that points to a potential federal crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries and grow operations within 1,000 feet of schools. But it’s unclear when any federal action would happen, or what it might look like if it does…
What’s Phat Daddyz Super Baked Pop? A surprising little frosting-coated brownie on a stick. I had no intention of reviewing this treat or even buying it. But it has gone in the books as one of the more potent edibles I’ve reviewed so far. Plus, it’s got one of the…
Update below: Our William Breathes has been closely following the fate of approximately 4,000 medical marijuana applications put on hold by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, reportedly over concerns that physician assistants, not doctors, conducted examinations. The CDPHE is now confirming this fact. And the kicker? Patients…
As of the end of October 2011, the medical marijuana registry had only 88,872 patients with an active red card. That’s the fewest number of patients in the state since May 2010. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment released the October stats late last week, showing a decline…
The continuing war of words between marijuana advocate Mason Tvert and Colorado Attorney General John Suthers shows no signs of ebbing. The latest? Tvert hopes Suthers isn’t implicitly campaigning for a medical marijuana ban in Eagle County at an event slated for this evening…
This week, Congressman Jared Polis quizzed U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder about the Department of Justice’s approach to medical marijuana; see a video of the exchange below. For the most part, Holder suggested that MMJ businesses following state law are not Department of Justice priorities, despite recent crackdowns in California…
AllGreens is a new shop, but it’s situated in one of Denver’s oldest locations for medical marijuana dispensary — which could be both a good thing and a bad thing. One one hand, the spot on the corner of Kalamath and Sixth Avenue is highly visible. On the other, it’s…
Last Friday, medical marijuana caretaker Kaleb Young, in the company of attorneys Rob Corry and Travis Simpson, retrieved a pickup-truck full of marijuana and equipment from the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office. Thus ended a fourteen-month legal odyssey that began with a SWAT team bust and ended with a jury acquitting…
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced last week that as many as 4,000 medical marijuana patient applications and renewals were being held up in order “to ensure patients and physicians are within guidelines.” Despite the CDPHE’s vagueness, we’ve learned that many the applications are being scrutinized because…
You’re a medical marijuana patient, and a police officer pulls you over and says he smells pot. So you immediately show him your ID card and talk about how long it’s been since you’ve medicated. Smart move? Not according to ex-judge Leonard Frieling, who says this approach will likely result…
For 24 years, counterculture magazine High Times has put on the Cannabis Cup in marijuana-tolerant Amsterdam to award the best in an admittedly underground community. A lot of Colorado folks made the trek this year, some even taking home awards. Local marijuana attorney Warren Edson also traveled to Holland to…
We’ve been hearing a lot about the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act of 2012, whose petition passed the 130,000 signature mark last week and could be submitted to the state by year’s end according to proponent Mason Tvert. But what about a rival measure, Legalize 2012? Laura Kriho, among its…
Update: After we published our review of The Station, on view in its entirety below, several of our commenters said the dispensary had closed — and they were right. However, it’s open again. What’s the story? City of Boulder spokeswoman Sarah Huntley has the answers…
Senator Pat Steadman has been floating the idea of starting up a sort of medical marijuana center credit union for a few months now, ever since the two remaining local banks to do business with pot shops — Colorado Springs State Bank and the Bank of Denver — had an…
Last night, the legislative council of the CU Boulder student government, known collectively as CUSG, passed a resolution calling for the annual 4/20 celebration to be moved off-campus. The vote was unanimous, which CUSG vice president of external affairs Brooks Kanski sees as significant…
Last month, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment released statistics for the medical marijuana registry showing a roughly 20 percent decrease in patients from August to September. At the time, it was anybody’s guess as to what caused the drop off. But an announcement from the CDPHE may…
This week, governors in Rhode Island and Washington asked the federal government to concede that marijuana has medical uses. A Colorado official is required to send a similar message by year’s end — but would John Hickenlooper consider following the lead of these fellow governors and do the deed himself?…
